July, 30th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Friday 30, 2004:
A gas explosion kills 16 people in Belgium.

Wednesday 30, 2003:
In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.

Tuesday 30, 2002:
Los Angeles Sparks center Lisa Leslie is the first woman to dunk in a basketball game.

Wednesday 30, 1997:
A double suicide bombing kills 14 people in Jerusalem,Israel.

Monday 30, 1990:
1993- Jessica Duncan is born(Canadian not yet famous rock star)

Wednesday 30, 1980:
Vanuatu gains independence.

Wednesday 30, 1975:
Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m..

Tuesday 30, 1974:
Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the United States Supreme Court.

Friday 30, 1971:
An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Japan killing 162

Thursday 30, 1970:
Powder Ridge Rock Festival

Wednesday 30, 1969:
Vietnam War: US President Richard M. Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyen Van Thieu and with US military commanders.

Saturday 30, 1966:
At Wembley Stadium, host England wins the Football World Cup, beating Germany 4 to 2.

Friday 30, 1965:
US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.

Monday 30, 1956:
A Joint Resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing "In God We Trust" as the U.S. national motto.

Thursday 30, 1953:
Rikid?zan holds a ceremony announcing the establishment of the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance.

Monday 30, 1945:
World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen in the worst single loss in the history of the United States Navy.

Saturday 30, 1932:
The 1932 Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles, California.

Wednesday 30, 1930:
In Montevideo, Uruguay win the first Football World Cup.

Saturday 30, 1864:
Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.

Thursday 30, 1863:
Indian Wars: Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signs the Treaty of Box Elder, promising to stop harassing the emigrant trails in southern Idaho and northern Utah.

Saturday 30, 1825:
Malden Island discovered.

Thursday 30, 1733:
First Freemasons lodge opened in what will become the United States.

Saturday 30, 1729:
Baltimore, Maryland is founded.

Monday 30, 1629:
An earthquake in Naples, Italy kills 10,000 people.

Tuesday 30, 1619:
In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time.

Wednesday 30, 1608:
At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs. This was to set the tone for French-Iroquois relations for the next one hundred years.

Friday 30, 1419:
First Defenestration of Prague.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/30-july/on-this-day.html


People born on July 30

1985:
Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer (b: July 30, 1985) (Biography of Daniel Fredheim Holm)

1981:
Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (b: July 30, 1981) (Biography of Nicky Hayden)

1975:
Graham Nicholls, British artist (b: July 30, 1975) (Biography of Graham Nicholls)

1974:
Hilary Swank, American actress (b: July 30, 1974) (Biography of Hilary Swank)

1971:
Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor (b: July 30, 1971) (Biography of Tom Green)
Christine Taylor, American actress (b: July 30, 1971) (Biography of Christine Taylor)

1970:
Christopher Nolan, British film director (b: July 30, 1970) (Biography of Christopher Nolan)

1968:
Robert Korzeniowski, Polish athlete (b: July 30, 1968) (Biography of Robert Korzeniowski)

1964:
Vivica A. Fox, American actress (b: July 30, 1964) (Biography of Vivica A. Fox)

1963:
Lisa Kudrow, American actress (b: July 30, 1963) (Biography of Lisa Kudrow)

1962:
Alton Brown, American television host (b: July 30, 1962) (Biography of Alton Brown)

1961:
Laurence Fishburne, American actor (b: July 30, 1961) (Biography of Laurence Fishburne)

1960:
Richard Linklater, American director (b: July 30, 1960) (Biography of Richard Linklater)

1958:
Kate Bush, English singer (b: July 30, 1958) (Biography of Kate Bush)

1956:
Delta Burke, American actress (b: July 30, 1956) (Biography of Delta Burke)
Anita Hill, American author (b: July 30, 1956) (Biography of Anita Hill)

1948:
Jean Reno, Moroccan-born French actor (b: July 30, 1948) (Biography of Jean Reno)

1947:
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-born actor and Governor of California (b: July 30, 1947) (Biography of Arnold Schwarzenegger)
William Atherton, American actor (b: July 30, 1947) (Biography of William Atherton)

1946:
Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (b: July 30, 1946 ; d: February 11, 1994) (Biography of Neil Bonnett)

1945:
David Sanborn, American musician (b: July 30, 1945) (Biography of David Sanborn)

1941:
Paul Anka, Canadian singer and composer (b: July 30, 1941) (Biography of Paul Anka)

1939:
Peter Bogdanovich, American film director (b: July 30, 1939) (Biography of Peter Bogdanovich)

1936:
Buddy Guy, American guitarist and singer (b: July 30, 1936) (Biography of Buddy Guy)

1934:
Bud Selig, baseball team owner and commissioner (b: July 30, 1934) (Biography of Bud Selig)

1930:
Thomas Sowell, American economist (b: July 30, 1930) (Biography of Thomas Sowell)

1921:
Grant Johannesen, American pianist (b: July 30, 1921 ; d: March 29, 2005) (Biography of Grant Johannesen)

1919:
Berniece Baker Miracle, half-sister of Marilyn Monroe. (b: July 30, 1919) (Biography of Berniece Baker Miracle)

1916:
Dick Wilson, American actor (b: July 30, 1916) (Biography of Dick Wilson)

1914:
Lord Killanin, Irish International Olympic Committee president (b: July 30, 1914) (Biography of Lord Killanin)

1910:
Edgar de Evia, American photographer (b: July 30, 1910 ; d: February 10, 2003) (Biography of Edgar de Evia)

1909:
C. Northcote Parkinson, British historian and writer (b: July 30, 1909 ; d: March 9, 1993) (Biography of C. Northcote Parkinson)

1898:
Henry Moore, English sculptor (b: July 30, 1898 ; d: August 31, 1986) (Biography of Henry Moore)

1890:
Casey Stengel, baseball player and manager (b: July 30, 1890 ; d: September 29, 1975) (Biography of Casey Stengel)

1889:
Vladimir Zworykin, Russian physicist and inventor (b: July 30, 1889 ; d: July 29, 1982) (Biography of Vladimir Zworykin)
Franz Masereel, Belgian painter and graphic artist (b: July 30, 1889) (Biography of Franz Masereel)

1863:
Henry Ford, American industrialist (b: July 30, 1863 ; d: April 7, 1947) (Biography of Henry Ford)

1857:
Thorstein Veblen, American economist (b: July 30, 1857 ; d: August 3, 1929) (Biography of Thorstein Veblen)

1855:
Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist (b: July 30, 1855) (Biography of Georg Wilhelm von Siemens)

1818:
Emily Brontë, English novelist (b: July 30, 1818 ; d: December 19, 1848) (Biography of Emily Brontë)

1641:
Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b: July 30, 1641 ; d: August 17, 1673) (Biography of Regnier de Graaf)

1549:
Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b: July 30, 1549 ; d: February 17, 1609) (Biography of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany)

1470:
Hongzhi, Emperor of China (b: July 30, 1470 ; d: June 8, 1505) (Biography of Hongzhi)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/30-july/births.html